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In order to perform radiometric calibration using the Moon, a lunar irradiance model using different observation geometry is required. Currently, two lunar irradiance models exist, namely, the Robotic Lunar Observatory (ROLO) and the Miller and Turner 2009 (MT2009). The ROLO lunar irradiance model is widely used as the radiometric standard for on-orbit sensors. The MT2009 lunar irradiance model is popular for remote sensing at night, however, the original version of the MT2009 lunar irradiance model takes less consideration of the heterogeneous lunar surface and lunar topography. Since the heterogeneity embedded in the lunar surface is the key to the improvement of the lunar irradiance model, this study analyzes the influence of the heterogeneous surface on the irradiance of moonlight based on model data at different scales. A heterogeneous correction factor is defined to describe the impact of the heterogeneous lunar surface on lunar irradiance. On the basis of the analysis, the following conclusions can be made. First, the influence of heterogeneity in the waning hemisphere is greater than that in waxing hemisphere under all 32 wavelengths of the ROLO filters. Second, the influence of heterogeneity embedded in the lunar surface exerts less impact on lunar irradiance at lower resolution. Third, the heterogeneous correction factor is scale independent. Finally, the lunar irradiance uncertainty introduced by topography is very small and decreases as the resolution of model data decreases due to the loss of topographic information.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs11222696","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,11,18]],"date-time":"2019-11-18T11:18:48Z","timestamp":1574075928000},"page":"2696","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["The Influence of Heterogeneity on Lunar Irradiance Based on Multiscale Analysis"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Xiangzhao","family":"Zeng","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Quantitative Remote Sensing Information Technology, Academy of Opto-Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, China"}]},{"given":"Chuanrong","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Quantitative Remote Sensing Information Technology, Academy of Opto-Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,11,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2383","DOI":"10.1109\/TGRS.2007.896541","article-title":"MODIS Reflective Solar Bands On-Orbit Lunar Calibration","volume":"45","author":"Sun","year":"2007","journal-title":"IEEE Trans. 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